chipa_12 Member 182 Member For: 19y 7d Location: Canberra Posted 16/05/06 03:55 AM Share Posted 16/05/06 03:55 AM Just cause I am bored, I will tell you what I am getting done tomorrow.Under Warranty ...Windscreen -replaced/refitted... I dont know what they are doing, but they are stopping the whistle coming out of it. Seems to be a standard issue with the windscreen, a few people have had theirs done.Seat Cover - Replacing. The stiching on the back of the passenger seat is coming undone (sorry no pics), so I took it in and the guy had a look and is ordering me a new seat cover too... was surprised, cause to me this was a long shot in getting it done under warranty... Park Brake - the Standard park brake doesnt work issue. This one was interesting, the guy couldnt tell me if this would be done under warranty or not ( which was kinda funny), he said that he would tell me when I take it in.And something else that I noticed last night... well a couple of weeks ago I realised that my passenger side head light, flicked off for a few seconds and then it turned back on.. I waited to see if it happened again, but didnt notice it again, until last night, when I was sitting behing a 4wd in a traffic light ,and I started to notice the reflection of my head lights in his bumper bar, and the lights were flicking on and off.. but constantly and both head lights, its like a disco, I almost felt obliged to start hooting whoo whoo, every couple of seconds... Anyways , it got quite bad, afterwards cause the lights turned off and didnt turn back on, on the highway at night and no street lights doing about 100km was a bit scary... so I had to turn on my driving lights and drive home with them... Has anyone else had the head light problem? if so , would that be done under warranty? I am assuming they would be , but has anyone else had this done?I guess I will tell them when I take my car in, cause I need to drive my car at night. I had to take the missus' car to work today, cause by the time I finish its already dark... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boost69 Donating Members 737 Member For: 19y 8m 29d Posted 16/05/06 05:05 AM Share Posted 16/05/06 05:05 AM You should hire two massive tongan dudes and charge an entry fee I reckon lol...On a serious note I havent had problems with lights flickering but the handbrake rubbing noise is driving me nuts!!!Its obvious that most xr6 turbos have this problem and ford still wont fix it under warranty.Then you pay to get it fixed and 10 minutes later as your driving down the road it starts again.Theyre great cars to drive but sometimes these niddley problems really pee you off Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doublek Member 333 Member For: 20y 7m 18d Location: sydney Posted 16/05/06 06:52 AM Share Posted 16/05/06 06:52 AM when you get into the car before start up, rapidly lift the handbrake up and down about 3-4 times and this will get rid of it. try it. it works Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PSYCHO XRT THE PSYCHO XRT Donating Members 1,275 Member For: 19y 2m 9d Gender: Not Telling Location: At the lights! Posted 16/05/06 07:19 AM Share Posted 16/05/06 07:19 AM I currently have the exact same problem with the head lights flickering.I have also noticed that it also turns off when im using the left indicator, but completely fine when using the right. Im not happy about these niggles but, in saying that I am not worried cause im sure Ford will fix it under warranty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chipa_12 Member 182 Member For: 19y 7d Location: Canberra Posted 16/05/06 11:41 PM Author Share Posted 16/05/06 11:41 PM I have also noticed that it also turns off when im using the left indicator, but completely fine when using the right. that's how mine started, when ever I would turn the left indicator on, the lights would flick every now and then, however, it got worse and now the lights wont turn back on... anyhow... its at the dealers now, getting fixed... will ask what it was... when they fix it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimmyXR6T04 Member 1,299 Member For: 19y 7m 28d Location: Canberra Posted 17/05/06 02:44 AM Share Posted 17/05/06 02:44 AM I currently have the exact same problem with the head lights flickering.I have also noticed that it also turns off when im using the left indicator, but completely fine when using the right. Im not happy about these niggles but, in saying that I am not worried cause im sure Ford will fix it under warranty.←mate, that's your combination switch... mine did exactly the same thing. ford fixed it under warranty and took the car for a 23km thrashing test drive just dont let them do that to your beast!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chipa_12 Member 182 Member For: 19y 7d Location: Canberra Posted 17/05/06 02:53 AM Author Share Posted 17/05/06 02:53 AM Damn it I didnt check what the K's were up to... there isnt that much petrol in it, so I dont think they will get too far... hopefully.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimmyXR6T04 Member 1,299 Member For: 19y 7m 28d Location: Canberra Posted 17/05/06 05:10 AM Share Posted 17/05/06 05:10 AM even if they dont get far, they can still give it a good old flogging Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chipa_12 Member 182 Member For: 19y 7d Location: Canberra Posted 18/05/06 12:06 AM Author Share Posted 18/05/06 12:06 AM UPDATE: I didnt get my car back, they had to have it overnight. I was getting my windscreen fixed, and when I went in there last week to book it in, I was told that they would have to book a windscreen repairer guy , so that the repairer could replace/refit my windscreen.. .Well when I got there, the guy asked me , " What are we doing with your windscreen?" I said " you are refitting it cause it leaks and whistles and you were supposed to be book a windscreen guy to come and fix it!!"and he goes, " oh yeah, oh ok , yeah alright fair enough.."and I know they didnt book it. The guy didnt even know what was supposed to be happening with the car , when he brought my details up, so he wouldnt have book a guy.. then they rang me up yesterday arvo and told me that they would need the car over night, cause apparently they couldnt work out what was wrong with the lights, they reckon they couldnt get it to fault.. I said that's crap cause as soon the lights are turned on, they start to play up... I told them to check the combination switch and the guy goes... "oh yeah ok, yeah I will tell them that... "...So I reckon, that they didnt book a windscreen guy and they couldnt get one in for the day and now they have to have it over night cause the guy could only come today... but they didnt want to tell me that, so they made up the lie saying that they couldnt get my lights to fault... but anyways I will ring them later on and see what else they can conjure up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harvyk Member 1,070 Member For: 19y 11m 16d Location: The North Cooma End of Canberra... Posted 18/05/06 02:48 AM Share Posted 18/05/06 02:48 AM Who is doing your warranty work? J McG in woden? or someone else? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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